The ACPI climate change simulations

Climatic Change

Volumn 62, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 29-43

  Dai, Aiguo ^a   Washington, W M ^a   Meehl, G A ^a   Bettge, T W ^a   Strand, W G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; OCEANOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GLOBAL CLIMATE RESPONSE; PARALLEL CLIMATE MODEL (PCM);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 1542321480     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CLIM.0000013679.74883.e6     Document Type: Review

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